Mairi Millar is a Trinidadian artist based in London. Her work explores the beauty of nature’s discarded and “collaborating with chance”, creating works from found natural objects. Primarily through the language of jewellery, these forgotten or “finished” objects are elevated to the state of a relic.  An eggshell is proof something emerged, a feather means something flew. These found objects are charged with an intimate vibrancy compared to the seemingly valuable materials they are set in. Her practice is an ode to the finder’s treasure; from human hair to houseflies; she does not shy away from the macabre to find beauty and hope.

Mairi is an alum of the Rhode Island School of Design (2018) and the Royal College of Art (2021). In 2021 she was awarded a residency at The Sarabande Foundation in London established by Lee Alexander McQueen.